A scientist who helped discover the new element, 117, says the periodic table's newest addition is still nameless: "“We’ve never discussed names because it’s sort of like bad karma,” she said. “It’s like talking about a no-hitter during the no-hitter. We’ve never spoken of it aloud.”

I think the following scientists deserve to have elements named after them: Newton, Faraday, Maxwell. I hope the team takes this road instead of naming it after themselves or their university. Also, I don't think Copernicus deserved an element. Kepler would have been better, and I think any of the above three would have been even better. Apparently they wanted to give it a name that everyone could identify with, Newton would have worked even better for that purpose.

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